5 steps to get UN-addicted to sugar!

We crave sugar because we are looking for energy.

You may not eating enough which leads to having intense sugar highs followed by crashes, followed by wanting more sugar and then crashing again. Your body is continuously craving sugar and seems to never get enough.

How to fix this?

Eat more often. As I'm ALWAYS telling you, carry snack with you!

Snack Ideas:

• Carrot Sticks
• Pita and hummus
• Fruit (raspberries, blue berries etc)
• Peanut butter and celery
• Low-Cal popcorn (meaning not drenched with butter)

If you love sugar, then you love the way it makes you feel while you're eating it... but NOT the way it makes you feel afterwords. 

How can you tell that you're addicted to sugar?

Try going just 2 days without it. Can't do that, then chances are there's a high probability that you're addicted!

Fitspirational steps to take if you're a sugar addict: (YES THIS IS A REAL ADDICTION)

1. DON'T DROP SUGAR ALL AT ONCE. This is setting yourself up for FAILURE. You will not, and I REPEAT- WILL NOT be able to drop sugar in one day, or maybe even one week. It is a slow process and takes time and dedication, but it will ABSOLUTELY BE WORTH IT once you're off of it completely. Sugar turns into FAT.
2. Slowly ween yourself off of sugar by replacing it with healthier natural sugars. For example, apples have a very high natural sugar. Every time you crave a chocolate, eat a few apple slices :) Add some Peanut Butter too for some extra flavor in there.
3. Drink a LOT of water. A lot of the time when you're feeling like you need a sugar high, it is actually your body telling you that you're dehydrated. Drink 3 glasses, wait 1/2 hour and see if you still want it. (PMSing doesn't count. If you're PMSing and you are craving a chocolate... EAT THE CHOCOLATE- Coming from a girl with INTENSE cravings during that lovely monthly gift from mother nature)
4. Cut down the sweets in your drinks! There is SO much sugar in the drinks that we intake, that a huge percentage of our daily sugar comes from drinking. FACT: did you know mountain dew has 19 TEASPOONS OF SUGAR IN ONE SERVING?!?!?!?!! How is that even legal? I did an entire presentation on this in my Spanish class and everyone was SHOCKED.
5. Exercise! This may sound crazy, but exercising really will help you beat a sugar addiction. There is something about exercise and endorphin that makes you want to eat better and takes your mind off of cravings. 

I've given you the tools, now it's your turn to take them into your hands and apply them.

A majority of America has no idea what it feels like to feel their full bodies potential.

Don't be a part of that majority. Get UN-addicted with me NOW!

Xox Brittany,

The Fitspirational Blonde

Cut your beverage calories-- drinks on the go!

Great way to avoid drinking sodas while you’re out running errands  at college or working- Bring healthy drinks with you!
Home made lemonade is a fabulously refreshing alternative to soda. If you make it yourself, then you know exactly what’s in it and can also avoid a LOT of unnecessary ingredients that would go into store bought drinks!

Health benefits of Lemons: A large lemon contains about 45 mg of Vitamin C, about 75% of the daily requirement! We need Vitamin C to fend off colds and heal cuts and wounds. They are a natural aid for digestion and weight loss, and are a natural internal body cleanser. They have powerful antioxidant and anti-cancer healing properties.

This is how I make my lemonade :)

*Note- NO SUGAR ADDED!*
1 cup fresh-squeezed lemon juice (about 6 lemons)
1 cup hot water
7 cups cold water
1 cup raw honey

Stir honey into the hot water over low heat until fully blended.

Let cool and add lemon juice and cold water into a 2-quart pitcher. Stir or shake vigorously.

Slice two of the remaining lemon rind halves into fourths for a total of eight pieces, then add the rinds to the pitcher. Add ice to the top of the pitcher and chill.

Try it out!

And why not put them in cute little to-go packages like this to make them THAT much more fun to drink! I bet you ANYTHING this will be 10X’s funner to drink than a coke, and everyone around you will want a taste :)

Xox Brittany

The Fitspirational Blonde